§293a — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can give money to qualifying health and nursing schools so those schools can award scholarships to full-time students who meet the program’s rules. The scholarships can only pay for tuition, other reasonable school costs, and reasonable living costs while the student attends school. The Secretary cannot give a grant unless the schools agree to prefer students who would suffer severe financial hardship paying for school and, in addition, to former scholarship recipients under sections 293 and 293d(d)(2)(B) as those sections existed the day before November 13, 1998. When picking which schools get grants, the Secretary must favor schools with more graduates entering primary care, more underrepresented minority students, and more graduates working in medically underserved areas. Eligible entities: health professional and nursing schools (including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary, public health, chiropractic, allied health, behavioral and mental health graduate programs, and physician assistant programs) that run programs to recruit and keep students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Eligible individual: a person from a disadvantaged background who needs financial help and is a full-time student (or accepted as one) in an eligible health professions or nursing degree program.

Title 42, §293a

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(a)The Secretary may make a grant to an eligible entity (as defined in subsection (d)(1)) under this section for the awarding of scholarships by schools to any full-time student who is an eligible individual as defined in subsection (d). Such scholarships may be expended only for tuition expenses, other reasonable educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses incurred in the attendance of such school.

(b)The Secretary may not make a grant to an entity under subsection (a) unless the health professions and nursing schools involved agree that, in providing scholarships pursuant to the grant, the schools will give preference to students for whom the costs of attending the schools would constitute a severe financial hardship and, notwithstanding other provisions of this section, to former recipients of scholarships under section 293 and 293d(d)(2)(B) of this title (as such sections existed on the day before November 13, 1998).

(c)In awarding grants to eligible entities that are health professions and nursing schools, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities based on the proportion of graduating students going into primary care, the proportion of underrepresented minority students, and the proportion of graduates working in medically underserved communities.

(d)In this section:

(1)The term “eligible entities” means an entity that—

(A)is a school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing (as defined in section 296 of this title), pharmacy, podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, public health, chiropractic, or allied health, a school offering a graduate program in behavioral and mental health practice, or an entity providing programs for the training of physician assistants; and

(B)is carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

(2)The term “eligible individual” means an individual who—

(A)is from a disadvantaged background;

(B)has a financial need for a scholarship; and

(C)is enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) at an eligible health professions or nursing school as a full-time student in a program leading to a degree in a health profession or nursing.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 293a, act

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 737, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2023, authorized grants to health professions schools for provision of scholarships and undergraduate assistance, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–392. Another prior section 293a, act

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 721, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88–129, § 2(b), 77 Stat. 165; amended Sept. 4, 1964, Pub. L. 88–581, § 3(b), 78 Stat. 919; Oct. 22, 1965, Pub. L. 89–290, §§ 3(b), (c), 5(a), 79 Stat. 1056–1058; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–709, § 2(b), 80 Stat. 1103; Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–490, title I, §§ 103(a)(3), 105(a), (b), 82 Stat. 774; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–157, title I, §§ 102(e), (f)(1), (2)(A), (g), (h), (j)(2), (3), (7)(A), 108(b)(1), 85 Stat. 434–437, 461; Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94–484, title III, §§ 301, 303, 308(a), 90 Stat. 2253, 2254, 2256; Aug. 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95–83, title III, § 307(b), 91 Stat. 389; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, 93 Stat. 677, 692; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, §§ 2723(c), (d), 2724(a), 95 Stat. 916; Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100–607, title VI, §§ 628(4), 629(b)(2), 102 Stat. 3145, 3146; Aug. 16, 1989, Pub. L. 101–93, § 5(o)(1), 103 Stat. 614, related to applications and eligibility for grants for

Construction

of teaching facilities for medical, dental, and other health personnel, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408. A prior section 737 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294j of this title prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408.

§293a Scholarships for disadvantaged students